Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- interj. Used to wish good health to a person who has just sneezed.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Health.
Wiktionary
- interj. said to someone who has just sneezed
Etymologies
- German, health, from Middle High German gesuntheit, from gesunt, healthy, from Old High German gisunt.
Examples
“I would think that "gesundheit" - German for "good health" - would suffice.”
"As my ancestors are free from slavery, I am free from the slavery of religion."
“For the word itself, I'm drawing a blank past "Ziegfeld" and "gesundheit" - oh wait, that one's German too.”
“Not the least of which was reminding me how to spell 'gesundheit'.”
“ADAM is a love story about a guy (Hugh Dancy from SAVING GRACE and CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC) with something called Asperger Syndrome (gesundheit!) that meets the girl of his dreams (played here by Rose Byrne from KNOWING and SUNSHINE).”
“Despite this, we are all anticipating tomorrow, where temps are expected to hit 14C that's 236 degrees gesundheit for our southern neighbours.”
“Actually, the German sneezy response is “gesundheit,” which wishes the sneezer good health.”
“One of LiLo's friends said that Pootie (gesundheit!) is launching his own fashion line in NYC next month and is planning to use her designs.”
“You can often tell that a word has been borrowed from another language because the spelling seems non-English e.g. tsunami, gesundheit, déjà vu – but sometimes the non-English origin is not as evident.”
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“I see no reason to include it in a list of English words, unlike “gesundheit” or “petits fours”, which have a unique usage within the language itself.”
“Yes good by kevin1 on May 13, 2009 - 8: 34am thanks .. holiday serap - program load directory - gesundheit”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘gesundheit’.
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Loanwords
Since English is littered with loanwords, everything could conceivably end up here. But there is a distinct feeling associated with these.. maybe they're young additions to the English language; I ...
iceberg, fjord, firth, abbey, abyss, anorak, apartheid, assassin, avalanche, avocado, balaclava, banana and 104 more...
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Auf German
Amish, Dutch, Alsatians, Swiss, Sprachens etc.
stopfgarn, remmidemmi, pfundig, prätentiös, gingernillis, knuffig, larifari, funzel, wonneproppen, blödsinn, knäppchen, gezóndheid and 23 more...
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Tricky Words from German
Loanwords from German -- some established, some wet behind the ears -- that are difficult to spell, pronounce, or remember.
Torschlusspanik, Fräulein, weltanschauung, Weltschmerz, sprachgefühl, schadenfreude, katzenjammer, Radfahrer, gemütlich, zeitgeist, gesellschaft, gemeinschaft and 48 more...
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Fake Minerals & Gemstones
dogbite, oliverstone, priceisrite, flapis faloozi, uptite, spondulikite, flashlite, crumpetwithvegemite, samsonite, goodnite, tennisquartz, fallfromagreathite and 87 more...
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carolinacc's list
jettisoned, yearn, chrestomathy, catachresis, elation, gesundheit, ohne, tertium quid, iota, oscillation, argillous, flagrate and 67 more...
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the language of sneeze
bless you, gesundheit, a tes souhaits, a tes amours, god bless you, salut, alhamdulillah, çok yaşa, a-choo, hak-shun, felicita, que dieu vous bén... and 42 more...
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Lingu-list
Words from other languages that are used, or would work well, in English. Also known as "loanwords."
hikikomori, ersatz, angst, barbecue, algebra, macho, burlesque, garage, voyeurism, avatar, jungle, looting and 15 more...
artoparts See ague. Feb 26, 2009
carolinacc ge·sund·heit (g-zntht)
interj.
Used to wish good health to a person who has just sneezed. Jun 3, 2008
sonofgroucho So this is how it is spelt! Oct 7, 2007